Month: October 2016

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African Tech Roundup - 80: Kenya Commercial Bank Gets Hacked?

So, Episode 80 of the African Tech Round-up, aka the episode that nearly never happened, is finally out. In an interview Andile Masuku just taped for the upcoming season of the African Tech Conversations series, Co-founder and Chief Credit Officer of M-KOPA Solar, Chad Larson, shared words he lives by that epitomise why I’m glad the team didn’t give up on publishing the podcast this week— despite the ridiculousness that made it nearly impossible to do so. “Done is always better than perfect,” he said. So, here it is. There’s no doubt that this has so far been a bumper year for the world’s hacking community. Last week, one of Kenya’s biggest banks, the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), spent a fair amount of energy trying to convince its customers that their personal data remains uncompromised-- this, following claims by a certain programmer who goes by @IrakChris on Twitter claiming to have accessed KCB's client data through vulnerabilities found in the bank's mobile app. Meanwhile, Twitter, Spotify, Amazon, Reddit, Yelp, Netflix, and The New York Times suffered easily one of the world's biggest coordinated distributed denial of service (aka DDoS) attacks last Friday which led to the sites either slowing to a snail's pace or being knocked out altogether. For all the details on these stories and more, tuck into this week's show, and be sure to tell us what you make of the week's headlines on Twitter @africanroundup, or via email using hello@africantechroundup.com. Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Podcast photo credit: jjackowski via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA
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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #113 – “Worst Songs Tournament” with Monika Scott

In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys welcome comedian, Monika Scott, as they create a bracket in order to determine the worst song of all time. Here are the all contenders:    Glen Goza - "Heaven Needed a Champion"  Limp Bizkit - "N 2 Gether Now"  The Buoys - "Timothy"  Phish - "Free Bird" (LIVE)  Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between..."  Curtis Stigers - "This Time"  Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming to Take Me Away" (B-SIDE)  Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page - "Come With Me"  Drowning Pool - "Bodies"  Bloodrock - "D.O.A."  Meatloaf - "California Isn't Big Enough"  The Eagles - "Hotel California"  R. Kelly - "Cookie"  Fuckface Unstoppable - "Bend My Dick"  Paul Simon - "The Vampires"  4 Non Blondes - "What's Up"    Find Monika on Twitter and Instragam @MightyMonika. Listen to Monika's podcast "What Did You Learn?" every week on iTunes.    Song of the week this week: "Suffering Jukebox" by Silver Jews.    You can follow us on Twitter: @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
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The Gist - Adam Tries to Ruin a Horrible Election

America’s favorite debunker, Adam Conover, takes on the election in his TruTV special. Conover, famous for “Adam Ruins Everything,” talks to Mike about how comedians can change society, and the limits of satire as an art form. Conover’s special airs Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 p.m. 

For the Spiel, what America was like the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. 

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Start the Week - Microbes, Genes and Human Endeavour

On Start the Week Andrew Marr looks at winners and losers - from microbes and genes, to athletes and adventurers. Ed Yong seeks to expand our understanding of microscopic microbes which inhabit every corner of the earth, and influence our bodies more than we know. Each person's DNA is unique but Adam Rutherford reveals how collectively it tells the story of the history of our species - the successes and the failures. When one's own genetic make-up and hard work aren't enough, there's always chemical enhancement - Jonathan Maitland looks at doping in sport for his latest play, Deny, Deny, Deny. The polar scientist Felicity Aston was the world's first woman to ski alone across the Antarctic and knows what it's like to push your body to the limits. She's now off to Canada's frozen North in search of gold. Producer: Katy Hickman.

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Start the Week - Microbes, Genes and Human Endeavour

On Start the Week Andrew Marr looks at winners and losers - from microbes and genes, to athletes and adventurers. Ed Yong seeks to expand our understanding of microscopic microbes which inhabit every corner of the earth, and influence our bodies more than we know. Each person's DNA is unique but Adam Rutherford reveals how collectively it tells the story of the history of our species - the successes and the failures. When one's own genetic make-up and hard work aren't enough, there's always chemical enhancement - Jonathan Maitland looks at doping in sport for his latest play, Deny, Deny, Deny. The polar scientist Felicity Aston was the world's first woman to ski alone across the Antarctic and knows what it's like to push your body to the limits. She's now off to Canada's frozen North in search of gold. Producer: Katy Hickman.

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Serious Inquiries Only - AS287: Atheist Ethics and Implicit Biases, with Alonzo Fyfe

Joining me today is Alonzo Fyfe, who publishes the blog “Atheist Ethicist.” We talk about some really interesting topics including implicit biases and how they’re affecting this election. Alonzo has a theory that, though they might not be aware of it, most people who are anti-Hillary are actually victims of their own implicit biases. We … Continue reading AS287: Atheist Ethics and Implicit Biases, with Alonzo Fyfe →

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